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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3187922, member: 76194&quot;]As if covering every inch of his body in jewels was not enough, the man killed the best prince Rome could have hoped to have in the 4rth Century...a prince that could have become a great emperor the likes of which Rome had not seen since the era of the Good Emperors. Im refering of course to Crispus. His death is one of the cruelest blows to the late empire, depriving it of a highly talented, capable, and much loved ruler that had the makings of a great Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]822491[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus&#039; murder is of course the #1 reason I dislike Constantine so much, but I`m also not a fan of what he did to Licinius II after swearing that his Christian piety had led him to forgive the young boy for the crimes of his father. Only one year later, Costantine would strangle his little nephew. Then he set his three remaining sons for a power struggle after his death that would only result in weakening the empire at a time when the empire could least afford it. I&#039;m telling you, if it wasn&#039;t for the free pass people give him because of the whole Christianity thing, Constantine was actually a pretty bad emperor that sewed the seeds of the final decline of the Roman Empire (and it has little to do with his religious policies, though that certainly did not help matters either).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how anyone can say otherwise, [USER=32619]@Jwt708[/USER] , except for the indoctrination people get about how good he was because of Christianity. But if one puts the whole Christianity issue aside and objectively looks at everything else he did, the evidence against him is very damning.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER]&nbsp; Yes, the little man reference was symbolic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I hope this post explains my strong dislike of Constantine to all of you in a logical way that makes sense, even if you still disagree with me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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